Competition
Synonyms for pelt
The synonym for pelt recorded in this bank is pepper, in the sense "attack and bombard with or as if with missiles". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for pelt
- pepperverb, in the sense "attack and bombard with or as if with missiles"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for pelt.
attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
Pelt the speaker with questions.
The true synonym
pepper
Same sentence, swapped: Pepper the speaker with questions.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot pelt is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- stream
- counterattack
- occupy
Where pelt turns up in the game
pelt is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play pelt
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pelt reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other competition words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pelt carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.